Politeness is a sign of dignity not subservience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELTThere is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.
More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.
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Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.
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It is no use to preach to children if you do not act decently yourself.
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Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.
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Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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Be practical as well as generous in your ideals.
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Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
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There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
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The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.
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Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
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The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.
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Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
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There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.
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To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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We are the heirs of the ages.
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The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
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Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
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When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.
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I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds.
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
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It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
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